„Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.“
bell hooks
afroamerikanische Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Feministin 1952Ähnliche Zitate
„How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?“
— John Steinbeck, buch The Grapes of Wrath
Quelle: The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
— James Ah Koy Fijian politician 1936
Maiden speech in the Senate http://www.parliament.gov.fj/hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=165&viewtype=full, 8 December 2003 (excerpts), Speech in the Senate http://www.parliament.gov.fj/hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=245&viewtype=full, 26 August 2004 (excerpts)
„We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.“
— Jean de La Bruyère, buch Les Caractères
Le commencement et le déclin de l'amour se font sentir par l'embarras où l'on est de se trouver seuls.
Aphorism 33
Les Caractères (1688), Du Coeur
— Dave Eggers memoirist, novelist, short story writer, editor, publisher 1970
You Shall Know Our Velocity! (2002)
„Love is just another means of manipulation. We can use that emotion like we use hatred and fear.“
— John Twelve Hawks, buch The Traveler
Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)
— Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014
We Had Him (2009)
Kontext: Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.
Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.
He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance.
Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.
— Mao Zedong Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 1893 - 1976
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Original: (zh-CN) 民主自由都是相对的，不是绝对的，都是在历史上发生和发展的。在人民内部，民主是对集中而言，自由是对纪律而言。这些都是一个统一体的两个矛盾着的侧面，它们是矛盾的，又是统一的，我们不应当片面地强调某一个侧面而否定另一个侧面。在人民内部，不可以没有自由，也不可以没有纪律；不可以没有民主，也不可以没有集中。这种民主和集中的统一，自由和纪律的统一，就是我们的民主集中制。在这个制度下，人民享受着广泛的民主和自由；同时又必须用社会主义的纪律约束自己。这些道理，广大人民群众是懂得的。
— Cesare Pavese Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908 - 1950
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
— Jane Roberts American Writer 1929 - 1984
Session 426, Page 25
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 9
„To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926
Quelle: How to Love
„Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?“
— Gabrielle Roy French Canadian fiction writer 1909 - 1983
Gabrielle Roy, in the back of the Canadian $20 bill (On September 29, 2004, the Bank of Canada issued a $20 bank note in the Canadian Journey Series which included a quotation from Gabrielle Roy book The Hidden Mountain- La Montagne secrète - 1961)
